"Did you ever stop to think about why we fight the commuting crowds to get to work? Studs Terkel, author of the fascinating book Working (1974), writes that work is 'a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor: in short for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying' (p. xiii). Kahlil Gibran (1923), in his mystical book The Prophet, put it this way: 'Work is love made visible.'"

Question: How do people view work? How do you view work? How do occupational priorities vary with age? Considering our current economic condition in this country, how do people go about choosing a job without compromising their career choices or passion? Discuss.